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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Radiol. 2017 Jul 26;59(4):478–484. doi: 10.1177/0284185117723370

Table 2. Association of adipose tissue and muscle measures and tumor recurrence.

Data are presented as hazard ratio (95% CI) per 1 SD increase in cm2 and HU, respectively.

 VAT CSA (cm2) p VAT attenuation (HU)  p SAT CSA (cm2) p SAT attenuation (HU)  p Psoas attenuation (HU) p
No Covariates  1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.9 1.00 (0.96–1.04)  1.0 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.4 1.07 (1.03–1.11)  0.001 0.92 (0.89–0.96) 0.0002
Model 1  0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.07 1.02 (0.97–1.07)  0.4 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.08 1.09 (1.04–1.13)  0.0002 0.92 (0.89–0.96) 0.0002
Model 2  0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.09 1.01 (0.94–1.07)  0.8 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.5 1.12 (1.04–1.22)  0.002 0.92 (0.86–0.98) 0.01
Model 3  1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.7 1.03 (0.96–1.11 )  0.4 1.01 (0.99–1.01) 0.2 1.10 (1.01–1.19)  0.02 0.89 (0.82–0.97) 0.004

Model 1 Adjusted for age and comorbidities

Model 2 Adjusted for Model 1 plus sarcoma type, size, and stage.

Model 3 Adjusted for Model 2 plus pre- operative radiation dose and positive resection margins

VAT = visceral adipose tissue; CSA = cross-sectional area; SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue;